Grade: H1. You're covering 3 disciplines (anat, physio, pharm) in 1. Anat: content-heavy and u do need to rmb quite a lot of fine details, but content itself isn't tough. Physio: the hardest section for me - more challenging concepts with difficult worksheets, but far less memorisation. Pharm: my favourite, made me want to choose the major - more understanding than memorising but easier to grasp than physio imo. Overall, content is organised well. However, several students had problems w/ the coordinators. They can be intimidating. Many of us hesitated to seek help. I understand that some students r intently rude to them and that shouldn't be tolerated, but even well-intended students felt taken aback. That detracted from my enjoyment of the subject, which is unfortunate because it would've been one of my most enjoyable subjects otherwise!

Result- 52 Pass. Thank goodness! BIOM20002 HSF integrates anatomy, physiology & pharmacology into another 25 point subject. Or so I thought. Having unexpectedly fallen agonizingly short in BIOM20001 in sem 1, despite passing both CHEM20018 & CHEM20026, the pressure was on to knock out a 25 point subject. Michelle Rank & Yossi Rathner coordinate this subject & they did a decent job. 75-80% of HSF was dedicated to anatomy and physiology; the remaining 20-25% being pharmacology. The subject was divided into six block modules covering foundations, neuromuscular & neurophysiology, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory, gastrointestinal & renal & pharmacology. The first five modules typically involve an introduction to anatomical principles, followed by the physiology & any relevant pharmacology. All topics were decent. I personally enjoyed the cardiorespiratory block. Renal physiology was the hardest. Now, to the HSF assessment. Looks an easy H1/H2A, right? Think again. You will have your work cut out! Sure, HSF is a "mere" 3 topics vs. 5 for MCB. Nevertheless, being a 25 point subject, you still have to treat it with respect. I took HSF alongside CHEM20020 (do not ask why). The block quizzes are a nightmare. They were not too difficult but the 25 minute time constraint meant the quizzes were more about working under pressure vs. knowing your stuff. I guess it's good practice though. Suffice to say, I was not happy with my block quiz results (I passed all but only received 80% for one of them; the rest were 50-55% triste). I did NOT attend a single anatomy practical session, yet somehow, I still secured a solid score on my practical test (67%). Do NOT get me started on the physiology workshops. Did I have a solid group? Absolutely! Were the topics interesting? Some of them. I was just bored beyond the pale. The MST & final exam were identical in format. I was unable to fully demonstrate my potential for the pharmacology Qs. By some stroke of good luck, I finally knocked out a 25 point subject. Huge relief. Could I have done better? Bien súr! But I will still take a pass any day of the week.

There are so very good tutors but mostly really bad ones compared to the science equivalent subject. It is definitely easier than MCB, but unfortunately bad coordination and tutoring seems to be a prevalent theme in the Biomed degree. The anatomy practicals are very good though on the other hand. Physiology workshops are really unproductive.

This subject was one of my favourites! It is much better than MCB and the coordinators are also much more understanding of the workload. I will say there was not a lot of feedback provided throughout the semester and a few lecturers can be difficult to follow at times. I do think this subject is challenging and you do have to put a lot of effort in to achieve a H1, especially in the coming years when everything will be back on campus. Fortunately for my year, the exam was online. I really enjoyed this subject despite the workload and ended up with a H1 overall. However, I would really recommend to try and keep up with the lectures and to go into uni as often as you can.

The topics taught were really easy and were broken down really well. Expectations of what needed to be memorised/known was clearly laid out and you basically got a breakdown for quizzes (ie. how many questions would be on each lecture for a particular quiz). There was not really any feedback given is the only complain I have around assignments. It's super content heavy, but definitely manageable if you use your time wisely. The exam was so easy it was a joke - I didn't study for it due to other subjects (I was taking harder subjects that I needed to study for that were the day before), and I still ended with a 90+ on the exam and a H1 overall. As long as you stay on top of lectures and don't mess around it's an easy-as course.

This subject for me was quite enjoyable as I rlly like looking at anatomy and physiology, pharm was a bit difficult for me but you should get the hang of it. Very very content heavy, 6 lectures a week or less when there is a masterclass. I recommend going to masterclasses irl if you can. Even irl I got a little bit lost but it was definitely more fun than sitting alone at home watching it on canvas. You get to know a little more about applications of the knowledge and interact with others, although sometimes the others were a little useless like study skills. But I still appreciate them going over it again I guess. The labs start in week six and you have a chance to deepen your knowledge by looking at cadavers and I found this very fun and useful, attendance isnt marked, and the instructors were super friendly so always ask your questions because this may be useful for the anatomy test later on. Topic quizzes were fairly straightforward if you are on top of ur shit. Its every two weeks and almost like you finish the content and then straight away you have a few days to finish the quiz. That is if your on task. If not youll end up watching like 4 lectures a day or just reading lecture slides which is sometimes not useful. They give practice quizzes but not much only one. It is common for the coordinators to make mistakes on the quizz answers so make sure you email them. For exam for us we didnt get a practice MCQ exam and only the feedback quizzes for the individual topics which was a bit :/// we got a short answer practice exam but no marking key which was ://// they also put in questions that regarded info from one lecture which was also :/// not nice Tip: use complete anatomy!!! saved my life!! so good!! Overall I got high H2A which sucks because H1 was achievable if I had studied harder early in the sem and not have done silly mistakes in the exam.

Where do I begin. I had been looking forward to this subject since high school, so perhaps my expectations were too high, but I was incredibly disappointed by HSF. The coordinator was an absolutely insufferable narcissist, and I don't make accusations like that lightly. He was absolutely incompetent to teach and coordinate, and for the sake of future cohorts I hope this year was his last. The content is very...dense. I think it is just a matter of interest. I loved the viscera lectures but bones/muscles just aren't my thing and I found it so tedious. Again, some people will have loved this. The subject is virtually all rote-learning save the physiology, which is poorly taught (besides nephrology which was great!) and can be a bit tricky, but also provides a refreshing chance to think rather than just regurgitate facts about the features of bones (yawn). There is also a LOT more pharmacology than you'd think, as it is just scattered in randomly throughout the semester, and then 60 pharm questions appear on the exam. With all of that said, though, the exams were actually super easy and perhaps an apology for the mess of a semester that we were subjected to. All in all, you can do well in this subject if you really put in the work and find it engaging.

A very content heavy subject but also very enjoyable and rewarding. The subject briefly covers a majority of the human anatomy (including visceral and locomotor systems) as well as their physiological functions. It requires learning a lot of unfamiliar terms and understanding the synthesis, actions and consequences of endogenous chemicals. It also covers the basics of pharmacology and how drugs can affect the body.

I enjoyed HSF as much as MCB, which was unexpected because I never thought I would enjoy anatomy. I really liked how organised the lecture contents were, because it made it easy for students to study in the right flow. Although the details in anatomy may overwhelm some students, I found that it was totally manageable, as long as you're determined to put in some effort. After doing this subject I changed my major to HSF. That's how much I enjoyed it!

Not nearly as good as MCB I'm afraid, but it's certainly better than previous years. The lecturers are passionate and on the whole explain things fairly well. The anatomy content is really interesting and the pracs are fantastic. I found that the physiology parts of the course could at times be very basic, and having a background in biology and physiology from high school I wasn't pushed too hard. I can however understand the need to go at a slower pace for all those who haven't done it before. The pharmacology aspect of it was definitely intense and hard to grasp, if you've got friends doing the pharm selective get them to help you because it's very hard to know what to learn from these lectures and the content can be delivered in a confusing way